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LVII. Case of Hydroplvhla aired in India ly Bleeding, 

 By John bnooLBRHD, M.D. Fiovi ike Supplement la 

 the Calcutta Government Gazette, June S, 1812*. 



Tuesday, May 5, 1812 — About 3 P.M. Amcir, a Mnr- 

 selinan Bhestie, from 25 to 30 years oT aee, and middle 

 stature, in the service of Mr. John Wood, schoohiiaster. at 

 Chovvringhee. was brought to the Native Hospital, labour- 

 ing under the most unequivocal symptoms of hydrophobia. 



The note from Mr. Wood, requesting adu)ission for this 

 patient, and the friends who accompanitd hm), staled that 

 he had been bitten in the leg about three weeks before, by 

 a dog believed to be mad, and that the symptoms of his 

 disease had appeared that morning, the 5th. 



I visited him in the hospital, the moment I heard of his 

 arrival, and found him sittins; on the side of a cot, with an 

 attendant holding him bv each arm. The first view- was 

 sufficient to satisfy me of the nature of his complaint. His 

 body, arms, and throat were affected with constant and un- 

 controlable spasmodic starlings. The muscles were thrown 

 into quick convulsive action at each inspiration, drawing 

 back the angles of t!;e mouth, and at the same instant de- 

 pressing the lower jaw, so as to communicate the most 

 hideous expression to ihe countenance. His eyes appeared 

 starting from their sockets and suffused with blood ; some- 

 times fixed in a wild and territic stare ; at others, rolling 

 about, as if thev followed some ideal object of terror, from 

 which he apprehended immediate danser. A viscid saliva 

 flowed from his mouth, which was always open, except 

 when the lips were momcntarilv brought together for the 

 purpose of forcibly expellino: the oflVnsive secretion that 

 adhered to them, and wliich he eflecied with that peculiar 

 kind of noise, which has been often cqmpared to the bark- 

 ing of a dog. His temples and throat were bedewed with . 

 clammy moisture. His respiration was exceedingly hurried, 

 and might more properly be called paniiniir than brcailiingj 

 or, it still mori' nearlv resembled that short and uuinlcr- 

 rupred kind of sobbing, that takes place when h person 

 gradually descends iiiio the cold bath, lie was exceedingly 

 •impatient of restraint, and whenever he could get a hand 

 disengaged, he immediately struck the pit of h;S stomach 

 with It — poinlintr out that part as the seat of some undc- 

 scribable uneasiness. From the constant agitation of hi? 

 whole frame and the starlings of his arms, it was impossible 



• Our readers will recollect that a few niontlis ago wc bricfl)' noticed 

 this remarkable ca>2. — Edit. 



